Opening Day Ruby Mt. Bowkill

[ArcheryAddict]

Opening day went from bad to good in a hurry with this kill. The day began with deer being really scarce. It was going on 2:00PM without a shooter buck being seen anywhere. My dad and I had seen a few bucks feeding away from a quaky patch on the evening before the opener, but weren't sure how big they were. I figured my only chance for the day was to take a gamble and head off the mountain down to where we had seen the bucks the evening before, hoping a good one would show himself, and hoping I wouldn't spook them or get winded. As I closed in on the quaky patch I peaked up over a rise and saw this guy browsing in shoulder high sage. He had no idea I just came down the mountain towards him. The evening wind was good. I took off my pack, belly crawled behind some large sagebrush, and ranged him at 65 yards. There was sage covering his vitals, but I figured at 65 yards I could arc my arrow over it. It worked out great, my spitfire worked perfectly with a complete passthrough. The buck only travelled 20 yards and went down. He green scored 170 2/8. Great Day After All!!!

 

[muleycrazy]

Wow.... I think thats a great buck !! Congrats to you, well done !!

 

[silverstatehunter]

Nice work, thats a beauty

 

[MuleyFNG]

Nice buck for sure. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

MULEYFNG

 

[oilcan]

Great buck congrats

 

[264mag]

Nice looking trophy! congrat's

 

[tagsoup]

Sweet buck. Congrats

 

[treedagain]

great buck....congrads

 

[BigPig]

Beautiful buck! Congrats.

 

[MarshallBill5]

Nice Buck. Congrats.

 

[Brandon82]

awesome buck! love the narrow tall ones!

 

[longpoke]

Great buck! Thanks for sharing.

 

[208JBB]

Congrats!! Thats some tough country to get a buck out of. I tip my hat to ya.

 

[mlycrzy]

Great way to start off the year! I'd be excited to punch my tag on that buck. Congrats.

 

[trophyhunter]

Congrat's on a high quality archery buck. Thanks for sharing the story and Pic.

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[eldorado]

Nice mass and forks. Neat looking buck. Congrats on a beautiful trophy.

Eldorado

 

[ArcheryAddict]

LAST EDITED ON Aug-11-11 AT 08:15PM (MST)[p]Thank you for all the compliments. That really is some tough country to get a deer out of. We didn't get the buck boned out and packed up to the ridgeline our camp was on until 12:30 PM, almost killed my dad. We resumed the packout at 6:00AM and didn't reach our pickup until noon. Almost killed my dad twice, he doesn't do so good with 55lbs. on his back. Kinda Funny!!

 

[never_catch]

NICE!!!!!!! Congrats on your kill man!!

~Z~

 

[PleaseDear]

What a great looking buck!

That velvet will look great in your mount.

congrats

Robb

 

[go4steelhd]

Great Buck. Way to start the season.

 

[Pucci]

Great looking buck. Im getting fired up for Nevada with 2 buck tags that my boys have.

 

[Gator]

Very nice, setting the bar high for the rest.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".

 

[Califelkslayer]

Great buck!!!!!!!!

 

[NVBighorn]

Wow!

 

[wooly]

That's a great buck in hard country congratulations!!

 

[hunt4130]

Nice! good looking buck!

 

[NVRACKS49]

Very nice. I was up in rubies for 4 days. Hit a big 3 point and couldnt recover him after 6 hours of looking. Seen some monsters though. Plan on going up for a few more days in a couple weeks

 

[fatrooster]

I always look forward to seeing you and your Dads bucks every year. Your pictures keep me fired up. Also, love the story and the part where you arched your arrow over the sage brush. I would never had tried that. Great shot. Thanks for posting. fatrooster.

 

[RaghornHS]

Outstanding buck!

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[AdrenalineAddict]

Thanks for all the compliments,
Chris and I had a fun season, I finally connected on a heavy horned buck yesterday that layed in a very bad spot for him. Lots of good memories created in those mountains.

 

[hubba_3]

LAST EDITED ON Aug-21-11 AT 03:32PM (MST)[p]im so jealous lol... 2 weeks of hunting and i got nothing! lol. congrats on your deer! he'll look great on the wall for sure!
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